Election to the United States Senate in 1960
The 1960 election to the United States Senate for the 87th United States Congress took place on November 8th. It was part of the election in the United States that day and coincided with the presidential election that John F. Kennedy won over later President Richard Nixon .
33 Class II seats were available for election , and there were three by-elections for senators who had left office prematurely, one of them in Class II. 23 of these senators belonged to the Democratic Party and 12 to the Republicans . 27 Senators were re-elected, 17 Democrats and 10 Republicans. 2 previously Democratic seats went to the Republicans, in return the Democrats were able to win one seat from the Republicans. As a result, the Democratic majority in the Senate fell from 65 to 64 seats, the Republicans improved from 35 to 36. However, the Republican who had just been elected in Wyoming, Edwin Keith Thomson, died in December. Governor John Joseph Hickey , a Democrat, named himself his successor, bringing the party ratio back to 65-35 when the Senate met.
Re-elected Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson stepped down to take up the post of US Vice President . The Democrat William A. Blakley was appointed as his successor . This was subject to the Republican John Tower in the by-election on June 14, 1961 , so that the party ratio was then again at 64 to 36.
Results
By-elections to the 86th Congress
The holders of the seats available for election here were appointed as replacements for retired senators. The election in North Dakota was on June 28, 1960; the other two by-elections were held at the same time as the 87th Congress. The winners of these elections entered the Senate before January 3, 1961, during the 86th Congress .
Country | Acting Senator | Political party | By-election | Result | New senator |
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Missouri | Edward V. Long | democrat | Class III | approved | Edward V. Long |
North Dakota | Norman Brunsdale | republican | Class I. | Gain democrats | Quentin N. Burdick |
Oregon | Hall S. Lusk | democrat | Class II | held by Democrats | Maurine Brown Neuberger |
- Confirmed: An incumbent appointed to replace a retired Senator has been confirmed
Elections to the 87th Congress
The winners of these elections were accepted into the Senate on January 3, 1961, when the 87th Congress met . All seats of these senators belong to class II .
- re-elected: an elected incumbent was re-elected